Initial Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Method Registrations
draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-04
This document registers those Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) methods which have been defined in standards-track RFCs before
the IANA HTTP Method Registry was established.
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This document registers those Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) methods which have been defined in standards-track RFCs before
the IANA HTTP Method Registry was established.
There are no security considerations related to the registration itself.
Appendix A provides initial registrations of HTTP method names for the IANA HTTP Method registry at <http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods> (see Section 2.1 of [draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics]).
4. Normative References
| [RFC2068] |
Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Nielsen, H., and T. Berners-Lee, “Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1”, RFC 2068, January 1997.
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| [RFC3253] |
Clemm, G., Amsden, J., Ellison, T., Kaler, C., and J. Whitehead, “Versioning Extensions to WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)”, RFC 3253, March 2002.
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| [RFC3648] |
Whitehead, J. and J. Reschke, Ed., “Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Ordered Collections Protocol”, RFC 3648, December 2003.
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| [RFC3744] |
Clemm, G., Reschke, J., Sedlar, E., and J. Whitehead, “Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Access Control Protocol”, RFC 3744, May 2004.
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| [RFC4437] |
Whitehead, J., Clemm, G., and J. Reschke, Ed., “Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Redirect Reference Resources”, RFC 4437, March 2006.
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| [RFC4791] |
Daboo, C., Desruisseaux, B., and L. Dusseault, “Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV)”, RFC 4791, March 2007.
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| [RFC4918] |
Dusseault, L., Ed., “HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)”, RFC 4918, June 2007.
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| [RFC5323] |
Reschke, J., Ed., Reddy, S., Davis, J., and A. Babich, “Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) SEARCH”, RFC 5323, November 2008.
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| [RFC5789] |
Dusseault, L. and J. Snell, “PATCH Method for HTTP”, RFC 5789, March 2010.
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| [RFC5842] |
Clemm, G., Crawford, J., Reschke, J., Ed., and J. Whitehead, “Binding Extensions to Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)”, RFC 5842, April 2010.
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| [draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics] |
Fielding, R., Ed., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., Masinter, L., Leach, P., Berners-Lee, T., Lafon, Y., Ed., and J. Reschke, Ed., “HTTP/1.1, part 2: Message Semantics”, Internet-Draft draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-10 (work in progress), July 2010.
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| Method Name |
Safe |
Reference |
| ACL |
no |
[RFC3744], Section 8.1 |
| BASELINE-CONTROL |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 12.6 |
| BIND |
no |
[RFC5842], Section 4 |
| CHECKIN |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 4.4 and [RFC3253], Section 9.4 |
| CHECKOUT |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 4.3 and [RFC3253], Section 8.8 |
| COPY |
no |
[RFC4918], Section 9.8 |
| LABEL |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 8.2 |
| LINK |
no |
[RFC2068], Section 19.6.1.2 |
| LOCK |
no |
[RFC4918], Section 9.10 |
| MERGE |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 11.2 |
| MKACTIVITY |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 13.5 |
| MKCALENDAR |
no |
[RFC4791], Section 5.3.1 |
| MKCOL |
no |
[RFC4918], Section 9.3 |
| MKREDIRECTREF |
no |
[RFC4437], Section 6 |
| MKWORKSPACE |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 6.3 |
| MOVE |
no |
[RFC4918], Section 9.9 |
| ORDERPATCH |
no |
[RFC3648], Section 7 |
| PATCH |
no |
[RFC5789], Section 2 |
| PROPFIND |
yes |
[RFC4918], Section 9.1 |
| PROPPATCH |
no |
[RFC4918], Section 9.2 |
| REBIND |
no |
[RFC5842], Section 6 |
| REPORT |
yes |
[RFC3253], Section 3.6 |
| SEARCH |
yes |
[RFC5323], Section 2 |
| UNBIND |
no |
[RFC5842], Section 5 |
| UNCHECKOUT |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 4.5 |
| UNLINK |
no |
[RFC2068], Section 19.6.1.3 |
| UNLOCK |
no |
[RFC4918], Section 9.11 |
| UPDATE |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 7.1 |
| UPDATEREDIRECTREF |
no |
[RFC4437], Section 7 |
| VERSION-CONTROL |
no |
[RFC3253], Section 3.5 |
B.1 Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-00
Added SEARCH method (RFC 5323).
B.2 Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-01
Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference.
B.3 Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-02
Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference. PATCH is now defined in draft-dusseault-http-patch. BIND, UNBIND and REBIND
are defined in draft-ietf-webdav-bind. Drop the "updates draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics" clause.
B.4 Since draft-ietf-httpbis-method-registrations-03
draft-dusseault-http-patch was published as RFC 5789. draft-ietf-webdav-bind was published as RFC 5842. Fix typo in MKACTIVITY
entry. Update draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics reference. Fix change log section titles.